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It also will have a couple of wood-burning stoves in the back taproom with garage doors that will open to a beer garden, as well as an outdoor game area that will include horseshoes, croquet and fire pits.

New Crossroads retail shop

When then-18-year-old Nicole Leth was dumped by a guy she thought she was in love with, she turned her heartbreak into a career.

“At first it was revenge on him. I was going to show him I could have a really great life and he wasn’t going to be part of it,” she said.

The Des Moines, Iowa, native got a degree in textile design from the Kansas City Art Institute in May.

While she was a student, she started making clothes and selling them under her brand, Sex + Ice Cream, in area specialty stores and online. After graduating, Leth did a monthlong pop-up in Los Angeles, and her line was picked up by a few other shops in California, Nevada and Utah.

Her pieces are like wearing her personal diary.

One full skirt in white has black images of a cat (she had just adopted a new kitten), diamonds (she was thinking about women getting engaged but still belonging to themselves), cacti (she hadn’t shaved her legs for a really long time), and cupcakes and pizza (she said she obsesses about food and body image). That piece she plans to keep to use in photo shoots.

A shift has the words “It was love” on the front and “I shaved my legs for him” on the back, and another has “I wore push up bras for him” on the front with “Never again” on the back.

Now Leth plans to open a new retail shop at 1515 Walnut St. in May. Until then, she will be using the space as a workroom, making T-shirts, patches, underwear and ceramics, including mugs and planters.

“It has always been my dream to get up every day and go to a store and sell my clothes,” said Leth, who turns 23 on Valentine’s Day. “I can communicate with people who want to buy my stuff and on a face-to-face level.”

She will also carry lines by other female designers from the across the country.